Retaining wall permit checklist — Taylorsville, Utah
Assembled from Taylorsville’s own published permit rules. Every line below is quoted from a city document and linked to it. Nothing here is generated, estimated, or inferred from another jurisdiction.
Do you need a permit?
Taylorsville requires a permit for a retaining wall.
Handout B-1 sets the retaining wall threshold at 4 feet, gauged from the footing base up to the wall's highest point. At or above that height a permit is required. Below it, and where no load from another structure bears on the wall, the City does not require one.
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Sources
- retaining wall — permit rules ↗verified August 2026
Other permits Taylorsville publishes rules for
Listed because the city publishes a separate rule for each type — not because this project necessarily triggers one. Whether it does depends on your scope of work.
- Deck permit checklist
- Fence permit checklist
- Shed permit checklist
- Water heater permit checklist
- Re-roof permit checklist
- Electrical work permit checklist
- General building work permit checklist
BuildSpec is a reference, not the authority having jurisdiction. Confirm requirements with Taylorsville before you build.